TOPSHOT - Flowers lie at centre ice as people gather for a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, to honour the victims of a fatal bus accident, April 8, 2018 in Humboldt, Canada. Mourners in the tiny Canadian town of Humboldt, still struggling to make sense of a devastating tragedy, prepared Sunday for a prayer vigil to honor the victims of the truck-bus crash that killed 15 of their own and shook North American ice hockey. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JONATHAN HAYWARD

NHL, NHLPA to hold event in Humboldt this summer

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The Stanley Cup will pay a visit to Humboldt, Sask. along with several NHL players in August.

An event jointly held by the NHL and NHLPA to help the community will take place in Humboldt on Aug. 24, the league and the players association announced Tuesday, according to NHL.com's Tom Gulitti.

The event will occur in conjunction with Saskatchewan-born and raised Washington Capitals forward Chandler Stephenson bringing the Cup there that day, as he said he would in the afterglow of the Capitals' championship victory earlier this month.

There will be an on-ice skills competition between NHL players, including Brayden Schenn of the St. Louis Blues, according to TSN's Frank Seravalli.

The SJHL's Humboldt Broncos were involved in a bus crash in April that resulted in 16 deaths and left 13 others injured.

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